Four Weeks on Weight Watchers: Successes

You might think "Successes" is a funny topic for me this week considering that I only managed to lose .8 pounds this week.  However, even though my loss was minimal, I actually feel really successful and I'm celebrating small things that maybe would seem bad, but when compared to my previous behaviors are actually quite good.

Last Wednesday, I ate not one, but TWO pieces of cake.  It's true.  I had known for weeks that I would be having a piece of this fantastic coconut cake at lunch on the 14th, because I knew it was being made for a retirement party that I would be attending.  One thing I also know is that if I refuse myself all of the things I really love, I will be very unhappy and not be successful in my weight loss and lifestye change goals.  So, I had the cake.  I also ended up going to a birthday party that same night and I had another piece of cake.  The thing about both pieces of cake, though, was that I had small pieces of cake, where in a past life I would have had LARGE pieces of cake and maybe two pieces of cake.  I also supplemented the lunch cake with a large plate of carrots, tomatos, and broccoli.  Everyone at work noted how "good" I was being, but I confessed to the cake and said I had to fill up on the rough stuff now. 

The cake incident is an example of the difference between my old life and my new life.  While, I did go over my Weight Watchers points that day, I didn't go over my weekly points.  The rest of the food I ate that day was healthy and in moderation.  I didn't gorge on everything just because I was "blowing it" with the cake.  I think that is an important lesson and a great success.  A part of changing my lifestyle is going to be incorporating what I love into what I need and I think the two can live together.  The successes I'm celebrating right now?

1.  The ability to accept that I won't always be perfect, but that I can still remain intelligent in my food choices and taking an inch doesn't mean I have to take a mile.  I'm learning balance.

2.  I am attending Curves twice per week.  For me, squeezing this into my life is very hard, but I'm doing it and I'm proud of myself.  I totally plan to add a third day, but one step at a time.

3.  I am staying amazingly positive during this transition in my life.  I haven't been sad about what I can't have, instead I take pleasure in having taken control over my eating habits.

What successes can you share with us?